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    CALLS FOR SUBMISSIONS: First Impressions, Essays, En Route, Xi Xiβ€”Can We Say, Write to Power, and Auditory Cortex

    Header artwork by Annysa Ng 茢 First Impressionsclick for information 茢 Essays click for information 茢 En Routeclick for information 茢 XI XIβ€”Can We Sayclick for information 茢 Write to Powerclick for information 茢 Auditory Cortexclick for information

  • [REVIEW] β€œConsequences of Cosmopolitan Dreams in Nawapol Thamrongrattanarit’s π»π‘’π‘šπ‘Žπ‘› π‘…π‘’π‘ π‘œπ‘’π‘Ÿπ‘π‘’” by Lorence Lozano

    茢 FIRST IMPRESSIONS 茢 REVIEW OF BOOKS & FILMS [REVIEW] β€œConsequences of Cosmopolitan Dreams in Nawapol Thamrongrattanarit’s Human Resource” by Lorence Lozano Nawapol Thamrongrattanarit (director), Human Resource, 2025. Three years after his last film, Nawapol Thamrongrattanarit returns with a new…

    Nov 23, 2025
    [REVIEW] β€œConsequences of Cosmopolitan Dreams in Nawapol Thamrongrattanarit’s π»π‘’π‘šπ‘Žπ‘› π‘…π‘’π‘ π‘œπ‘’π‘Ÿπ‘π‘’” by Lorence Lozano

  • [FIRST IMPRESSIONS] β€œWhere Do We Belong? On Language, Migration, and Teresa Wong’s 𝐴𝑙𝑙 π‘‚π‘’π‘Ÿ π‘‚π‘Ÿπ‘‘π‘–π‘›π‘Žπ‘Ÿπ‘¦ π‘†π‘‘π‘œπ‘Ÿπ‘–π‘’π‘ β€ by Rebekah Chan

    茢 FIRST IMPRESSIONS 茢 REVIEW OF BOOKS & FILMS [FIRST IMPRESSIONS] β€œWhere Do We Belong? On Language, Migration, & Teresa Wong’s All Our Ordinary Stories” by Rebekah Chan Teresa Wong, All Our Ordinary Stories, Arsenal Pulp Press, 2024. 240 pgs.…

    Nov 23, 2025
    [FIRST IMPRESSIONS] β€œWhere Do We Belong? On Language, Migration, and Teresa Wong’s 𝐴𝑙𝑙 π‘‚π‘’π‘Ÿ π‘‚π‘Ÿπ‘‘π‘–π‘›π‘Žπ‘Ÿπ‘¦ π‘†π‘‘π‘œπ‘Ÿπ‘–π‘’π‘ β€ by Rebekah Chan

  • [ESSAY] β€œToxic Humidifiers andΒ Atmospheric Thinking in π΄π‘–π‘Ÿ π‘€π‘’π‘Ÿπ‘‘π‘’π‘Ÿβ€ by Ai-Ting Chung

    茢 FIRST IMPRESSIONS 茢 REVIEW OF BOOKS & FILMS Editor’s note: Ai-Ting Chung’s essay β€œToxic Humidifiers and Atmospheric Thinking in Air Murder” examines Air Murder (2022), directed by Jo Yong-sun, as an ecocinema work grounded in real-life tragedy: South Korea’s…

    Nov 21, 2025
    [ESSAY] β€œToxic Humidifiers andΒ Atmospheric Thinking in π΄π‘–π‘Ÿ π‘€π‘’π‘Ÿπ‘‘π‘’π‘Ÿβ€ by Ai-Ting Chung

  • [FIRST IMPRESSIONS] β€œEtienne PΓ©rier’s π΅π‘Ÿπ‘–π‘‘π‘”π‘’ π‘‘π‘œ π‘‘β„Žπ‘’ 𝑆𝑒𝑛 and Extremism Abroad” by Jeremiah Dutch

    茢 FIRST IMPRESSIONS 茢 REVIEW OF BOOKS & FILMS [FIRST IMPRESSIONS] β€œEtienne PΓ©rier’s Bridge to the Sun and Extremism Abroad” by Jeremiah Dutch Etenne PΓ©rier (director), Bridge to the Sun, 1961. 113 min. Living abroad and watching one’s homeland descend…

    Nov 21, 2025
    [FIRST IMPRESSIONS] β€œEtienne PΓ©rier’s π΅π‘Ÿπ‘–π‘‘π‘”π‘’ π‘‘π‘œ π‘‘β„Žπ‘’ 𝑆𝑒𝑛 and Extremism Abroad” by Jeremiah Dutch

  • [REVIEW] β€œLight, Heat, Power: Rescuing the Modern in Leo Ou-fan Lee’s π‘†β„Žπ‘Žπ‘›π‘”β„Žπ‘Žπ‘– π‘€π‘œπ‘‘π‘’π‘Ÿπ‘›: π‘‡β„Žπ‘’ πΉπ‘™π‘œπ‘€π‘’π‘Ÿπ‘–π‘›π‘” π‘œπ‘“ π‘Ž 𝑁𝑒𝑀 π‘ˆπ‘Ÿπ‘π‘Žπ‘› πΆπ‘’π‘™π‘‘π‘’π‘Ÿπ‘’ 𝑖𝑛 πΆβ„Žπ‘–π‘›π‘Ž, 1930-1945″ by Victoria Green

    茢 FIRST IMPRESSIONS 茢 REVIEW OF BOOKS & FILMS [REVIEW] β€œLight, Heat, Power: Rescuing the Modern in Leo Ou-fan Lee’s Shanghai Modern: The Flowering of a New Urban Culture in China, 1930-1945” by Victoria Green Leo Lee Ou-fan, Shanghai Modern:…

    Nov 20, 2025
    [REVIEW] β€œLight, Heat, Power: Rescuing the Modern in Leo Ou-fan Lee’s π‘†β„Žπ‘Žπ‘›π‘”β„Žπ‘Žπ‘– π‘€π‘œπ‘‘π‘’π‘Ÿπ‘›: π‘‡β„Žπ‘’ πΉπ‘™π‘œπ‘€π‘’π‘Ÿπ‘–π‘›π‘” π‘œπ‘“ π‘Ž 𝑁𝑒𝑀 π‘ˆπ‘Ÿπ‘π‘Žπ‘› πΆπ‘’π‘™π‘‘π‘’π‘Ÿπ‘’ 𝑖𝑛 πΆβ„Žπ‘–π‘›π‘Ž, 1930-1945″ by Victoria Green

  • [ESSAY] “E.T. 3 is Lying in a Coffin Outside Wuhan” by Angus Stewart

    茢 FIRST IMPRESSIONS 茢 REVIEW OF BOOKS & FILMS Editor’s note: In β€œE.T. 3 is Lying in a Coffin Outside Wuhan”, Angus Stewart explores Xiaosha Zhang’s 2018 mockumentary My Son Went to an Alien Planet (E.T. Made in China), situating…

    Nov 15, 2025
    [ESSAY] “E.T. 3 is Lying in a Coffin Outside Wuhan” by Angus Stewart

  • [REVIEW] β€œImpossible (Between) Girls: Lilly Hu’s 𝑂𝑛𝑒 πΊπ‘–π‘Ÿπ‘™ 𝐼𝑛𝑓𝑖𝑛𝑖𝑑𝑒” by Hongwei Bao

    茢 FIRST IMPRESSIONS 茢 REVIEW OF BOOKS & FILMS [REVIEW] β€œImpossible (Between) Girls: Lilly Hu’s One Girl Infinite” by Hongwei Bao Lilly Hu (director), One Girl Infinite 不可能ε₯³ε­©, 2025. 102 min. The Chinese title of Lilly Hu’s (also known in…

    Nov 14, 2025
    [REVIEW] β€œImpossible (Between) Girls: Lilly Hu’s 𝑂𝑛𝑒 πΊπ‘–π‘Ÿπ‘™ 𝐼𝑛𝑓𝑖𝑛𝑖𝑑𝑒” by Hongwei Bao

  • [REVIEW] β€œHow Modern China Woke Up: A review of Martin Albers’s π΅π‘Ÿπ‘–π‘‘π‘Žπ‘–π‘›, πΉπ‘Ÿπ‘Žπ‘›π‘π‘’, π‘Šπ‘’π‘ π‘‘ πΊπ‘’π‘Ÿπ‘šπ‘Žπ‘›π‘¦ π‘Žπ‘›π‘‘ π‘‘β„Žπ‘’ π‘ƒπ‘’π‘œπ‘π‘™π‘’β€™π‘  𝑅𝑒𝑝𝑒𝑏𝑙𝑖𝑐 π‘œπ‘“ πΆβ„Žπ‘–π‘›π‘Ž, 1969–1982” by Mario Rustan

    茢 FIRST IMPRESSIONS 茢 REVIEW OF BOOKS & FILMS [REVIEW] β€œHow Modern China Woke Up: A review of Martin Albers’s Britain, France, West Germany and the People’s Republic of China, 1969-1982” by Mario Rustan Martin Albers, Britain, France, West Germany…

    Nov 14, 2025
    [REVIEW] β€œHow Modern China Woke Up: A review of Martin Albers’s π΅π‘Ÿπ‘–π‘‘π‘Žπ‘–π‘›, πΉπ‘Ÿπ‘Žπ‘›π‘π‘’, π‘Šπ‘’π‘ π‘‘ πΊπ‘’π‘Ÿπ‘šπ‘Žπ‘›π‘¦ π‘Žπ‘›π‘‘ π‘‘β„Žπ‘’ π‘ƒπ‘’π‘œπ‘π‘™π‘’β€™π‘  𝑅𝑒𝑝𝑒𝑏𝑙𝑖𝑐 π‘œπ‘“ πΆβ„Žπ‘–π‘›π‘Ž, 1969–1982” by Mario Rustan

  • [REVIEW] β€œWho’s Afraid of Not Conjoined Bodies?: Hon Lai Chu’s 𝑀𝑒𝑛𝑑𝑖𝑛𝑔 π΅π‘œπ‘‘π‘–π‘’π‘ β€ by Tin Yuet Tam

    茢 FIRST IMPRESSIONS 茢 REVIEW OF BOOKS & FILMS [REVIEW] β€œWho’s Afraid of Not Conjoined Bodies?: Hon Lai Chu’s Mending Bodies” by Tin Yuet Tam Click HERE to read all entries in Cha on Mending Bodies. Hon Lai Chu (author), Jacqueline Leung (translator), Mending Bodies,…

    Nov 14, 2025
    [REVIEW] β€œWho’s Afraid of Not Conjoined Bodies?: Hon Lai Chu’s 𝑀𝑒𝑛𝑑𝑖𝑛𝑔 π΅π‘œπ‘‘π‘–π‘’π‘ β€ by Tin Yuet Tam

  • [EXCLUSIVE] “Wong Bar Wine: A Cinematic Oasis in Hanoi” by Zalman S. Davis

    On a calm Monday evening, I found myself at 14B Hai BΓ  TrΖ°ng in Hanoi, drawn to a cosy corner on TrΓ ng Tiền that radiated a warm, amber glow. Wong Bar Wine does not shout for attention; it quietly invites…

    Nov 4, 2025
    [EXCLUSIVE] “Wong Bar Wine: A Cinematic Oasis in Hanoi” by Zalman S. Davis
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